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The Software Programs That Make Our Body Run ... Were Evolved In Very Different Times. We'd Like To Actually Change Those Programs. One Little Software Program, Called The Fat Insulin Receptor Gene, Basically Says, 'hold Onto Every Calorie, Because The Next Hunting Season May Not Work Out So Well.' That Was In The Interests Of The Species Tens Of Thousands Of Years Ago. We'd Like To Turn That Program Off.

[in] 2029, I Think, Computers Will Match And Exceed Human Intelligence In The Ways We're Now Superior, Like Being Funny, Where We Still Have An Edge.

Although I'm Not Prepared To Move Up My Prediction Of A Computer Passing The Turing Test By 2029, The Progress That Has Been Achieved In Systems Like Watson Should Give Anyone Substantial Confidence That The Advent Of Turing-level Ai Is Close At Hand. If One Were To Create A Version Of Watson That Was Optimized For The Turing Test, It Would Probably Come Pretty Close.

People Talk Philosophically, oh, I Don't Want To Live Past 100.' You Know, I'd Like To Hear Them Say That When They're 99.

We'll Be Able To Have Very Intelligent, Little Robots With Computers Going Inside Our Bloodstream, Keeping Us Healthy From Inside, Destroying Cancer At The Level Of One Cell.